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American Digest System
Case digests for American law, comprised of three different series: the Centennial Digest (cases up to 1896); the Decennial Digest (a number of sets covering either 10 or 5 years of cases, commencing in 1896); and the General Digest (volumes covering the period since the most recent Decennial […]
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American Digest System
Case digests for American law, comprised of three different series: the Centennial Digest (cases up to 1896); the Decennial Digest (a number of sets covering either 10 or 5 years of cases, commencing in 1896); and the General Digest (volumes covering the period since the most recent Decennial […]
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Hicks Classification System
Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…
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Hicks Classification System
Hicks Classification System The Hicks Classification System is a locally developed classification system used, in some libraries, for early primary source material, such as statutes and reports, in American and British law. The Hicks scheme or system is used, in general, in law libraries (mainly, in the Yale law library, where the scheme was created),…
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Inter-american Commission on Human Rights
United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]
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Inter-american Commission on Human Rights
United States Statement at the Inter-american Commission on Human Rights in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On October 25, 2011, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the U.S. […]
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Inter-american Human Rights System
Resolution on Strengthening the Inter-american Human Rights System in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Resolution on Strengthening the Inter-american Human Rights System: At its 44th special session in March 2013, the OAS General Assembly adopted a […]
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Civil Law System
Overview Civil law may be defined as that legal tradition which has its origin in Roman law, as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian,[1] and as subsequently developed in Continental Europe and around the world. Civil law eventually divided into two streams: the codified Roman […]
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World Court Digest
World Court Digest Introduction This Digest, produced by the Max-Planck Institute for Foreign Public Law and International Law, is a systematic arrangement of the views on questions of international law as expressed in the judgments, advisory opinions, and orders of the International Court of Justice, including separate opinions of individual judges. Volumes 1 and 2…
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Classification System
Library of Congress Classification System in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of Library of Congress Classification System is of use in law library research: A classification system developed by the Library of Congress for its collection, and used by most of the nation's college and […]
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Common Law Legal System
Common Law: The Legal SystemThe common law is based on the principle of deciding cases by reference to previous judicial decisions, rather than to written statutes drafted by legislative bodies. Common law can be contrasted to the civil-law system, based on ancient Roman law, found in conti…
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Digest
The Legal History of Digest of JustinianThis section provides an overview of Digest of Justinian ResourcesSee AlsoLegal Biography Legal Traditions Historical Laws History of Law Further Reading Digest of Justinian in the Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History (Oxford University […]
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Digests
Digests as Secondary Authority and other Legal Research Sources West Key Number Digest System There is more information about this subjet related to the field of legal research in the legal encyclopedia.Components of the West Digests There is more information about this subjet related to the […]
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Henry Smythies' Analytical Digest
Henry Smythies’ analytical digest (1863) In 1863, an Auckland (New Zealand) lawyer, Henry Smythies, compiled An Analytical Digest of the Laws of New Zealand. the digest describes in outline form the laws of New Zealand in force in 1862, comprised in: Acts of the Imperial Parliament relating to New Zealand; ordinances of the legislative Council;…
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Bouvie’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law
Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and Institutes of American Law Review of Bouvier’s Law Dictionary and “Institutes of American Law” This review was written in “North American Review”(July, 1861) by S. Austin Allibone, author of “the Dictionary of Authors” The author of these volumes taught lawyers by his books, but he taught all men by his example,…